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Hi H,
My guess is the little rubber bumper has finally dried out enough and fallen off the stop. So you're having metal to metal contact when the doors close that you're feeling (if you're in the car) and hearing. Maybe?
Regards,
Alan
My guess is the little rubber bumper has finally dried out enough and fallen off the stop. So you're having metal to metal contact when the doors close that you're feeling (if you're in the car) and hearing. Maybe?
Regards,
Alan
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Alan-what rubber bumper? I can think of a bumper for the up position but not one for the down.
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If they are faster than what you have been used to in the past the mechanism could need lubricated or adjusted. If the overcenter locking mechanism is binding or sticky and doesn't move the instant the actuator try's to move it the actuator will build up more vacuum and sorta "wind up" so to speak and when the mechanism does let go it can be fairly violent. Hope that made sense.
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If they are faster than what you have been used to in the past the mechanism could need lubricated or adjusted. If the overcenter locking mechanism is binding or sticky and doesn't move the instant the actuator try's to move it the actuator will build up more vacuum and sorta "wind up" so to speak and when the mechanism does let go it can be fairly violent. Hope that made sense.
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